Renovating Ophelia Villa (The Goth Mansion)

Today, I decided to renovate the Goth Mansion! I created a sim called Lily Day – she is an animal lover, she’s creative, she’s vegetarian, she’s a hippy… She’s the total opposite of The Goths!

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So, let’s get on to the renovation…

EXTERIOR
As you know, the Goth mansion is a dark, closed off mansion in Willow Creek.

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I wanted to make the home look much more welcoming and bright to show the personality of the new owner – I went with a white house with blue windows and shutters (The Notebook, anyone?)

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I also added some fun looking trees outside the front of the house to show the real uniqueness of Lily

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And in the garden, I removed the old plants and instead added a small garden for Lily to grow her own fruit and veg, as well as a table and a small rocked-off garden with a fountain

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GROUND FLOOR

The entryway of the house was red and decorated in a very gothic theme

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I changed this red to a white wall colour to brighten and widen the space, as well as adding some plants, a rainbow rug, and an entry unit for putting things down as you come inside

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Next, the dining room was connected to the entryway behind the stairway

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At first I wanted to keep this as the dining room, but eventually decided that the kitchen was so large that it could easily accommodate a dining table too, so I made it a small recreation area with a bar and a bubble blower

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The kitchen lead off from the hallway by a door and was very old fashioned

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I replaced the kitchen with new appliances and units as well as adding a dining table with a pretty and unique chandelier above it, and putting a washing up sink on the other side of the room

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The downstairs bathroom seemed quite redundant, as there are there are two upstairs

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So I decided to make it a laundry room

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The living room is the final ground floor room to be renovated. It was crowded, old fashioned, and quite drab

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I replaced the wallpaper with a fading blue paper, added some blue/green couches, a TV, an art easel, a book shelf and a bay window seat

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SECOND FLOOR

The upstairs hallway was home to an old piano and wasn’t very welcoming

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So I brightened it up with white walls and flooring, some chairs, a fish tank and some wall art

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The hallway bathroom had a double door out onto a balcony, which I couldn’t remove, so I just went with it!

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I modernised it with some newer furniture and wall colours

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The first bedroom was originally old and purple

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I redesigned it in a beige/white theme with some more modern furniture

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The master bedroom was red and gothic

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But I decided that Lily would suit a purple and vibrant theme, so I went with that!

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The master en suite was similar to the hallway bathroom
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And just needed some modernising

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TOP FLOOR

Finally, on the upper floor was originally a small bedroom for Alexander Goth and was therefore suited to him

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I decided to change this to an art studio for Lily, quite plain and simple at the moment, but I wanted to leave space on the walls and floor for her creations

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The roof was really spacious but currently completely unused space, and I didn’t want to add too much to it because it was still the rooftop

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The views from the rooftop, however, were too beautiful to pass up

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So I added a door in place of one of the upper floor windows

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And decided to place a few art easels outside so that Lily can post some landscapes and get inspired with the view of the town
I also replaced the flooring with some black stones

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And that’s my refurbishment of Ophelia Villa a.k.a. The Goth Mansion!

I hope you like it! :smile: